Johnson water pump woes

[JJohnson69]

Replaced my 40 hp water pump, plate and housing last summer and it ran fine for the first 3 times out in the river, but on the 4th day after running for 10-15 minutes it stopped peeing water. I can blow through the tube it starts to pee again but stops after a few minutes. It never overheats and the pump is still in good shape. Paranoid? Normal? Something wrong? I'm a rookie-please help...J-

[WillyBWright]

No biggie. Just a chunk of something floating around in the pee hose. You'll need to pop it off at either end and blow it out.

[OBJ]

Yeah...just remove the nipple that the pee hose is connected to and let the water blow out the hole for a few minutes. Should cure the problem.

[Solittle]

When you reconnect the hoses make sure you use marine tie wraps to secure.